Justin Amash

Justin Amash (18 April 1980-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-MI 3) from 3 January 2011, succeeding Vern Ehlers.

Biography
Justin Amash was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 18 April 1980 to a Palestinian Christian father and a Syrian Orthodox Christian mother. He graduated from the University of Michigan and worked as a corporate attorney for his family's business before being elected to the State House of Representatives in 2008. In 2010, he was elected to the US House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd congressional district, and he gained a reputation for never missing a vote until March 2017. Amash was a member of the Tea Party movement, and he supported economic deregulation, free markets, flat taxes, an end to governmental surveillance, an end to the Muslim ban, the removal of government subsidies from energy production, pro-life regulation, same-sex marriage, marijuana rights, decreased military spending, and opposing new economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Amash made himself known as an enemy of Donald Trump, as his libertarian views clashed with Trump's far-right views.